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Steampunk is everywhere—as gadget prototypes at Maker Faire, novels and comic books, paintings and photography, sculptures, fashion design, and music. Discover how this elaborate view of a future that never existed can help us look forward.

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Steampunking Our Future An Embedded Historian's Notebook

Steampunk, a tech-savvy mash-up of the 19th and 21st centuries, is a growing phenomenon in the worlds of art, entertainment, literature, fan culture, cyberspace, and everywhere between. The past is steampunk's playground—a place where dynamic minds and ready hands are building us a future with history, humanity, and a sense of humor.

In the course of his work on Vintage Tomorrows, historian James H. Carrott donned top hat and goggles and dove headlong into steampunk culture, collecting a bounty of notes, images, observations and interviews along the way. Joined by futurist Brian David Johnson on this journey, James explored the wilds of a living, changing past—one that has as much to do with tomorrow as with yesterday. He emerged alive but changed, clutching this notebook under a newly dapper arm.

This free eBook companion to Vintage Tomorrows is packed with exclusive interviews (including Greg Broadmore, Ann and Jeff Vandermeer, and Margaret Killjoy), notes, images, and more gorgeous gadgets than you can shake a stick at. Steampunking Our Future offers you a spot in the time machine—hang on tight, our culture is changing, and you've got a front row seat.